Director of Engineering

The role

The Director of Engineering ensures the Connectivity group delivers core banking connections and file submissions. This person will act as the engineering site leader for the Riga hub and help advocate for and hire local talent.

What you will do

• Ensure Connectivity delivers as a core group responsible for all core banking connections and file submissions
• Be the engineering site leader for Riga
• Work with local leadership to make the office a destination for people
• Help advocate for and hire in Riga
• Work with grassroots training schools and communities to make GoCardless a destination for local talent
• Strategically plan reliability and future delivery with other senior leaders
• Prioritise technical investment with a clearly articulated ROI
• Deep dive into technical problems and future architecture

Required qualifications

• Experience of building and managing agile teams or departments of 20+ people, including managing both managers and individual contributors up to Principal level
• Experience of working at scale, where security and operational excellence are critical to success
• Ensure project work is delivered, estimates are accurate, time is tracked and velocity is measured
• Clear communication to a leadership team, often non-technical, on progress against strategy and team objectives
• Strategic mindset comfortable tackling long-term roadmaps and longer-term problems and vision
• Comfortable being based in our Riga office

Benefits

• Dedicated support and medical cover
• Meal voucher or paid lunch when working from the office
• Work away scheme for up to 20 working days in any 12-month period
• Adaptive Working
• Parental leave
• Annual learning budget
• Generous holiday allowance
• Volunteer days for ERG events
• One day off if you need to move house

About the company

GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments. It handles recurring and one-off payments through Direct Debit, real-time payments and open banking.